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Mesoscale Discussion 559
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2016, 5:39 PM CDT for 42 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2016, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties
Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hood County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mills County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 12:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 33 more | 96 min |
| May 8, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Jack and 7 more | 117 min |
| May 8, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 31 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.